Rug making device



July 5, 1938.. B. MAYER RUG MAKING DEVICE Filed March 10, 1938 W C'INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented July 5, 1 938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RUG MAKING DEVICE Benjamin Mayer, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application March. 10, 1938, Serial No. 194,985

7 Claims.

The invention relates to improvements in apparatus for making rugs and-the like and has for its primary-object the provision of a simple and efficient apparatus having means for quickly and 5 'efliciently producing rugs by hand.

Anobject of this invention is to provide a hand made form of hooked rug imitative of chenille or the like and a-loom device and methodofmaking the same.

Another object is the provision of improved portable apparatus capable of being used independent of other machinery and particularly in the home or the like of a user by means of which small lengths of yarn, thread wool, or cloth or the like may be utilized toform the face of the rug.

Still another object is the provision of mechanism in such device for holding in place the balls of cord to which are bound the small lengths of yarn; said ball holder having means for looking a strand of .cord, of the ball, thereto, or for locking aplurality of strands of a plurality of balls separately thereto.

These and other objects will be readily understood from the following description and drawing.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of thepreferred form of loom device.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of the .cord locking portion of the device showing same in .upper and turned position relative to its mounting shafts.

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation along. line 33 of Fig. 1, of .an embodiment having means for mounting and operating. a plurality of balls of cord and their respective strands.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view of anembodirnent having the cord lock means separate and forwardly of the cord ball retainer.

Fig. 5 .is a fragmentary view of a pluralityof bound wool elements produced on the device of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of a plurality of bound wool elements produced on the structure of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 'l-'l of Fig- 1.

A fiat base frame I, Fig. 1, suitablyshaped and preferably formed of a single pieceo-f wireghas mounted. between frame sides .I.:EI;'I, I08, parallel with frame ends .IIlI,.a crossmember H, which in turn has mounted thereon upright shafts I2, I3, and I4. Shafts I2 and 14 provide means for rotatable .mountingonceach thereof, of a ball of preferably multi strand cord or W001 30, 40, or

the like. pivotally mounted thereon, cord cover frame member I5, preferably as shown. A fiat piece of spring metal II, closely fastened to the upper part I59 of I5 and flexing normally towards I59, 5' and having raised ends I52 for ready insertion of cord 3! thereunder, provides an automatic spring lock means to grasp and hold said cord 3!, 4M, between it and member I59. Said cords are thence tied together at their loose ends 30.? and removably hooked or looped tolhook I6, in turn mounted on frame end IUI.

It is seen that member I5 may be raised to abut stop I3I, Figs. 1 and 2, and thence turned about I3, from the ends of shafts I2 and I4 to thus per.- mit removal or mounting of balls .30- and 40. When the cord cover is in operative position, as in Fig. 1, the upper ends of I2 and IA abut the under side of I59 determining the lowest position of I5 and it thus acts as a cover stop preventing the accidental removal of mounted balls 30 and 40, as shown.

Fig. 3 discloses an elevation of an embodiment having a plurality of automatic cord spring lock members, IL5I, mounted on said cord cover and also providing means for the multiple deck mounting of a plurality of balls of cord .30 and 40, and for .guiding (see guide the respective cords of said balls as is clear to one skilled in the art.

Fig. 4 shows, in plan view, an embodiment in which the cord spring lock is permanently mounted forward of the balls .and 40 which balls are retained on suitable shafts I2 and I4, mounted noninterferingly with the spring lock and having 35 cover piece 20, thereover. Thus the rear end of a spent ball of cord may be fastened to the forward end of the following ballwithout disturbing the cord lock grasp of the rear end portionvof the spent ball. This embodiment presents means for more orderly workmanship in the weaving op.- eration by preventing entanglement of unlocked spent cord ends whichentanglement is possible in the structure of Fig. -1, at the time for placing a new ball on shafts I2 and I4, which ball end may be connected to the rear end cord portionof the spent ball.

In Figs. 1 and 7, is shown the preferred method of attaching or binding a short length of .woolor cloth (about 2 inches) 50, to the cords 301, .401. The short wool cord is preferably first placed across the top of said cords, as at 80, andthe ends of the .wool are directed downwardlyand around the. cords and brought thence upward. forwardly of aforementioned portion lying across the cords.

Shaft I3, having upper stop I31, has

The wool ends are thence pulled upwardly and the formed loop tightened forming a two strand element l9, Fig. '7. Said element is thence slid forwardly on the cords toward the operator at end lOl, toward hook IE, to abut the previously formed loop. While I have shown the method of binding a length of wool thread to cords 3M and 4M, it is obvious that while operating the device of Fig. 3, any two cords such as 302 and 3M, or 403 and 303, may be bound to each other by the short length of wool and that in this manner a plurality of elements l9 may be formed. By staggering the loops formed by members 50 to the various cords so that successive loops are made to different cords, a plurality of cords are bound to each other forming a multiple stranded element I 9|, Fig. 6, which is relatively wider than element I 9, the aforementioned two stranded element.

When the element I9 is of sufficient length it may be fiat wound to produce any shape of rug the length and width of rug formed depending on the length of 59. In said winding the parallel edgewise abutting portions of element iii, are preferably progressively increased in length outwardly from an inner starting point.

Parts may be used without others and the disclosure is intended to be illustrative rather than limitative.

I claim,

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a flat base frame formed of one piece of wire, said base having a cross member therewith having three upright shafts, two of said shafts having means for rotatably mounting on each thereof a ball of yarn, the third shaft having rotatably mounted thereon a cover for said balls, said cover having means engageable with the upper portion of said two shafts to engageably hold the cover and said rotatable balls on said shafts, said cover also having locking means on its top for locking a strand of yarn from each of the balls thereto, and a hook at one end of said base frame, relatively lower than said lock, for fastening the end of said yarn strand thereto, whereby a length of yarn may be held taught between said lock and hook so as to slope downwardly toward said hook.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a fiat base frame formed of one piece of wire, said base having a cross member therewith having three upright shafts, two of said shafts having means for rotatably mounting on each thereof a ball of yarn, the third shaft having rotatably mounted thereon a cover for said balls, said cover having means engageable with the upper portion of said two shafts to engageably hold the cover and said rotatable balls on said shafts, said cover also having locking means on its top for looking a strand of yarn from each of the balls thereto, said means being a fiat elongated spring means having opposite ends normally flexing towards the cover, and a hook at one end of said base frame, relatively lower than said lock, for fastening the end of said yarn strand thereto, whereby a length of yarn may be held taught between said lock and hook so as to slope downwardly toward said hook.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a flat base frame formed of one piece of wire, said base having a cross member therewith having three upright shafts, two of said shafts having means for rotatably mounting on each thereof one or more balls of yarn, the third shaft having rotatably mounted thereon a cover for said balls, said cover having means engageable with the upper portion of said two shafts to engageably hold the cover and said rotatable balls on said shafts, said cover also having locking means on its top for locking a strand of yarn from each of the balls thereto, said means being a plurality of flat elongated springs mounted one upon another each having opposite ends normally flexing towards the cover, said springs being each respectively shorter in length than its next lower abutting spring, and a hook at one end of said base frame, relatively lower than said lock, for fastening the end of said yarn strand thereto, whereby a number of lengths of yarn may be held taught between said locks and hook so as to slope downwardly toward said hook.

4, In a machine of the class described, the combination of a flat base frame formed of one piece of wire, said base having a cross member therewith having three upright shafts, two of said shafts having means for rotatably mounting on each thereof one or more balls of yarn, the third shaft having rotatably mounted thereon a cover for said balls, said cover having means engageable with the upper portion of said two shafts to engageably hold the cover and said rotatable balls on said shafts, said cover also having locking means on its top for looking a strand of yarn from each of the balls thereto, said means being a plurality of flat elongated springs mounted one upon another each having opposite ends normally flexing towards the cover, said springs being each respectively shorter in length than its next lower abutting spring, guide means for said strands facilitating feeding the strands to said locks in non-entanglement with each other, and a hook at one end of said base frame relatively lower than said lock, for fastening the end of said yarn strand thereto, whereby a length of yarn may be held taught between said lock and hook so as to slope downwardly toward said hook.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a fiat base frame formed of wire, said base having a rear cross member therewith having three upright shafts, two of said shafts having means for rotatably mounting on each thereof a ball of yarn the third shaft having rotatably mounted thereon a cover for said balls, said cover having means engageable with the upper portion of said two shafts to engageably hold the cover and said rotatable balls on said shafts, means forward of said shafts for locking a strand of yarn from each of the balls thereto, and a hook at one end of said base frame, relatively lower than said lock, for fastening the end of said yarn strand thereto, whereby a length of yarn may be held taught between said lock and hook so as to slope downwardly toward said hook.

6. In a strand forming device of the class described comprising a flat base frame of one piece of wire, spaced ball twine supporting spindles mounted on one end of said frame, a third spindle mounted intermediate said twine supporting spindles, a removable cover mounted on said third spindle, for said twine spindles and twine tensioning means supported by said third spindle.

7. In a strand forming device of the class described comprising a flat base frame of one piece of wire, spaced ball twine supporting spindles mounted on one end of said frame, a third spindle mounted intermediate said twine supporting spindles, and a removable cover for said twine spindles mounted on said third spindle.

BENJAMIN MAYER. 

